The My Little Pony Scrapbook: G1 in the UK and Europe

Sweetie

Twinkle Eye Pony, 1986-7

Powder blue earth pony with lavender/dark pink/pink/white mane and tail, pink and purple gumdrops symbol. LAVENDER gem eyes

Powder blue earth pony with rainbow hair, gumdrops
Pony Data
Set Twinkle Eye Ponies I (1985-6 North America, 1986, United Kingdom)
Twinkle Eye Ponies II (1987, United Kingdom, 1988, France/Germany)
Asst. Number 4764 (United Kingdom, 1986 and 1987)
6550 (?) Germany/France?
Accessories Yellow shooting star comb, yellow ribbon, round puffy sticker.
Pose Gingerbread
Distribution Largely worldwide, but not sold in Scandinavian countries.
 
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Ponies Sold in 1986 in the UK Twinkle Eyes (Set One) | Play & Care Set Babies (Set Two) | 1986 Pony Asst | Grooming Parlour |Baby Sea Ponies (Set One) | Wedding Bells Confetti | Show Stable | Lullabye Nursery | Baby Lemon Drop | Megan & Sundance | Dream Castle | Baby Lucky | Snuzzle (Concave - Argos)| Flutter Ponies

Other 1986 Ponies Twinkle Eyed Ponies (Set Two - UK:1987)* | So Soft Ponies (Set Two) | Pearly Baby Sea Ponies (UK:1987) | So Soft Megan & Sundance | Beddy Bye Eye Babies | Molly & Baby Sundance | Fable Ponies | Rainbow Ponies (Set Two - Europe, not UK) | Earth Ponies (Europe) | Birthflower Ponies (Scandinavia/Aus)| Birthday Party Gift Set | Hollywood | Satin & Lace | White Tootsie | Stockings | Baby Blue Ribbon | Baby Bonnet School of Dance (UK:1987)| Baby Sleepy Pie and Purse

Sweetie also sold in 1987 in the UK.


Sweetie in the United Kingdom.

Sweetie was sold in 1986 as part of the first set of Twinkle Eye ponies.She was one of two characters re-released in the 1987 set, which was a cut down amalgamation of two sets sold in North America between 1986 and 1987. She was meant to have curly/wavy hair. The pink streak in her mane can easily fade to white.

Sweetie, Mint on Card
Mint on Card Sweetie, UK 1986
(Please note the card is Masquerade's, but the accessories are correct)
Thanks to Shivhae for this image.
The UK card for the second release set in 1987 is extremely difficult to find and no known Mint on Card version of Sweetie on this card is known to survive. For this reason it is not known whether she had the same accessories between 1986 and 1987, but, based on surviving German and French carded ponies from 1988, it is likely that she did.

Wait - isn't this pony called Sweet Stuff?

Well, yes and no. In North America, that was her name. But it's a bit of a vague name and doesn't really mean anything here. The UK name for this pony was Sweetie, because in the UK, sweets, or sweeties are the words commonly used for 'candy'. Her symbol was gumdrops (or marshmallows, as they sometimes get called here), so the name was much more logical. Her name did not change with the 1987 re-release. Let's be honest - Sweetie is cuter. :)

Sweetie's Story
Sweetie's backcard story, with correct UK name and sweet references
UK, 1986


Sweetie's Character

Sweetie, along with Gingerbread, was often involved in making confectionary and cakes, especially (as her story notes, above) for the baby ponies. It's almost a shame Ponyland didn't have an on-site dentist, because I'm sure one was probably needed! Her story also mentions her collecting moondust. How she did this is unclear, especially given that she was an earth pony - but perhaps the idea was that it fell on the grass before the dew, and she was up early to gather it.

Sweetie (under the name Sweet Stuff) also had her own episode in the animated series, called Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt. Strangely, this story did not focus on her ability to create sweets, but instead made out that she really didn't fit in with any of the pony groups she tried to engage with in the first half of the episode. She also annoyed a squirrel several times in her attempts to join in. Ultimately she helped solve the treasure hunt and win the game. At the end she embraced 'who she was'. Unfortunately, who she was in that episode is not who she was in Hasbro's other material. Oh well. ;)